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hunger

[huhng-ger] / ˈhʌŋ gər /


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Sparkling water is often seen as a helpful tool because it can create a feeling of fullness, which may reduce hunger.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

If he were alive "Diego would say there is a lot of hunger and we have to help, because the need is so great," Diego Gavilan, one of the kitchen's beneficiaries, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

There’s also a clear hunger for the type of whimsical, family-friendly entertainment that the theater provides.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Arendt had written her dissertation on St. Augustine, who held curiosity to be dangerous, often tempting one to sin because of an insatiable hunger for one sight after another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

And what I felt in him was a kind of hunger that I had not experienced in more than eighty years.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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